Lockheed Expects Clarity On F-35 TR-3 Flight Tests By Mid-2023

Chen Chuanren March 01, 2023

Credit: Lockheed Martin. Canada has finalized a C$19 billion ($14.2 billion) agreement to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As over the next eight years, completing a circuitous, 13-year selection process to replace its fleet of Boeing CF-18s.

MELBOURNE, Australia—Lockheed Martin expects to know by midyear if the F-35’s Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) program is likely to experience any challenges. Results from the tests will in turn determine if future Lot 16 and Lot 17 aircraft will be delayed. “So as the test progresses, that’ll really...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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